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president obama returned to the golden state this weekend. there's high interest in several congressional races in the state. will california tip the scales for the control of the u.s. house? governor brown vetoes few of the more than 1,800 bills on his desk, as he presses for support of proposition 30 on the november ballot. and gas jumped as much as 20 cents overnight, with the spike expected to continue. plus, anti-domestic violence leader estra sola on making all violence an issue of global concern, coming up next. >>> good evening, i'm belva davis and welcome to "this week in northern california." on our news panel tonight, dan walters, political column nis for "the sacramento bee." in studio, we have tom vacar, computer editor for ktvu news and josh richman, regional political reporter for the bay asia news group. and joe garofoli, political reporter for "the san francisco chronicle." joe, you were in denver for the first presidential debate. must have been hard covering it, since there were so many people tweeting that night. tell us w
president obama returned to the golden state this weekend. there's high interest in several congressional races in the state. will california tip the scales for the control of the u.s. house? governor brown vetoes few of the more than 1,800 bills on his desk, as he presses for support of proposition 30 on the november ballot. and gas jumped as much as 20 cents overnight, with the spike expected to continue. plus, anti-domestic violence leader estra sola on making all violence an issue of global...
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right here on fox business. >> president obama in california, raising big bucks. while california drivers handing over big bucks at the pump. gas prices, spiking 50-cents a gal an in one week. topping $5 in some areas, and governor jerry brown, taking emergency action, but gas prices barely budging and energy analyst williamiate ma yateman d this is what the white house should be focussing on because the $ 5 gas could be nationwide. >> ironic, the president was in california raising money, come iz rating with the rating given that gas price hike of cause of poor policy decisions. nationwide. liz: we're talking about the refineries that have been shoved off line due to fires and disturbances, could that be alternative to your argument saying maybe this will not go nationwide this is say local problem? a refinery issue? >> indeed those -- that is the direct cause. the supply disruptions. but the market tight in california for 4 reasons, really, state policies indeed. one the state is highest gas tax of any in the nation. two, refining costs are highest in the nation
right here on fox business. >> president obama in california, raising big bucks. while california drivers handing over big bucks at the pump. gas prices, spiking 50-cents a gal an in one week. topping $5 in some areas, and governor jerry brown, taking emergency action, but gas prices barely budging and energy analyst williamiate ma yateman d this is what the white house should be focussing on because the $ 5 gas could be nationwide. >> ironic, the president was in california raising...
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for the first time mitt romney draws as much strong support as does president obama. former president bill clinton will appear at a rally at uc davis. an independent panel review the state's political boundaries making some of the more competitive and bringing new attention and money to california. political parties across state meanwhile are targeting america's newest citizens. it's a small block of one that can be substantial enough to make a difference in presidential states. a study of census data is finds that 7.8s to and to digital 4.2. at 4: 38 will take a quick break. >> of the athletics and the giants are facing --there will try and knock off the detroit tigers. the athletics must win against detroit. game time is 6: 07. i heard a lot of the fans are trying to and signed petitions to get the coverage of the upper deck seats to the cannes film another 10,000. >> the cincinnati reds have the 2-0 series lead going into game 3. if the giants live to see a game for then rights obvious mark on at both issued statements defending themselves also pledging to work wit
for the first time mitt romney draws as much strong support as does president obama. former president bill clinton will appear at a rally at uc davis. an independent panel review the state's political boundaries making some of the more competitive and bringing new attention and money to california. political parties across state meanwhile are targeting america's newest citizens. it's a small block of one that can be substantial enough to make a difference in presidential states. a study of...
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back to the presidential campaign. president obama is scheduled to fund-raise in the area tomorrow night. and we have more from los angeles. >> reporter: with less than 30 days left of his re-election campaign, president obama landed at l.a.x. this afternoon. his first stop, a private meeting at the beverly hills home of dreamworks executive jeffrey katzenberg where obama and former president clinton thanked big donors for their campaign cash. outside of the nokia theater. >> made my day. made my week, made my life. >> 6,000 fans snaked around the worlding for the 30 days to victory concert. >> almost like a pre-victory concert in my mind. we are excited and we are sure he is going to win. >> reporter: stars like stevie wonder, jennifer hudson and katy perry took the stage after the president made rallying remarks. >> we have some work to do. we have an election to win. everything we fought for in 2008 is on the line here in 2012. i need your help. >> reporter: an intimate high-dollar dinner at the ritz carlton followe
back to the presidential campaign. president obama is scheduled to fund-raise in the area tomorrow night. and we have more from los angeles. >> reporter: with less than 30 days left of his re-election campaign, president obama landed at l.a.x. this afternoon. his first stop, a private meeting at the beverly hills home of dreamworks executive jeffrey katzenberg where obama and former president clinton thanked big donors for their campaign cash. outside of the nokia theater. >> made...
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mittaccording to polls, president obama stayed even at 48% before and after last week's presidential debate. governor romney saw a bounce up to 47%. but unemployment numbers could still give the president a boost in polls. mitt romney is using foreign policy to sharpen his attack on president obama. coming up what he would do differently to restore peace to the middle east. >>> mi pueblo is being hit with a boycott today. groups are falling on mi pueblo to rescind its decision to participate in a program that checks the immigration status of workers. they joined the program after federal immigration officials launched an audit in august of the immigration status of workers. >>> business owners are dealing with a fall out of a protest. ktvu's paul chambers is live with how one leader is saying the mayor needs to do more. >> reporter: before we get oo that, police -- to that, police tell me they knew of the protest but only expected 30-40 people who had peaceful protests in the past, that is why no additional officers were working. 2-300 occupies joined in and started causing havoc. >>
mittaccording to polls, president obama stayed even at 48% before and after last week's presidential debate. governor romney saw a bounce up to 47%. but unemployment numbers could still give the president a boost in polls. mitt romney is using foreign policy to sharpen his attack on president obama. coming up what he would do differently to restore peace to the middle east. >>> mi pueblo is being hit with a boycott today. groups are falling on mi pueblo to rescind its decision to...
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president obama and mitt romney both preparing for their first debate in denver wednesday night. republicans are calling for more pressure on the president's foreign policy. in today's "wall street journal" romney calls mr. obama's policies dangerous. both sides are downplaying expectations, giving credit to each other as strong debaters. >> he's going to be formidable. it will be a good debate but i certainly would not underestimate what barack obama brings. >> mitt romney is a good debater. i'm just okay. but what i'm most concerned about is having a serious discussion about what we need to do to keep the country growing. >> both sides already planning their post debate rallies. romney is in virginia with paul ryan on thursday. president obama will be staying in colorado. >>> 5:43 right now. let's talk a little bit of baseball. long time coming. a's fans waiting a very long time for this, a shot at the postseason. >> exciting. the last time oakland was playing in the postseason was back in 2006. >> i remember. >> christey smi ie smith is liv oakland. good morning. >> reporter:
president obama and mitt romney both preparing for their first debate in denver wednesday night. republicans are calling for more pressure on the president's foreign policy. in today's "wall street journal" romney calls mr. obama's policies dangerous. both sides are downplaying expectations, giving credit to each other as strong debaters. >> he's going to be formidable. it will be a good debate but i certainly would not underestimate what barack obama brings. >> mitt...
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they are preparing to go head to head on the heals of -- heels of the presidential debate. >> i think paul will do a great job and i also think joe biden is gifted. >> reporter: after president obama's poor showing against mitt romney in denver, democrats are counting on joe biden to pull out a win. >> vice president joe biden will do very well. he is in touch with the american public and i am hopeful that paul ryan will tell the truth. >> reporter: he gave his opinion on how the next debate will go. >> i am sure that vice president joe biden got a phone call from the white house and said, look, we didn't go after governor romney as much so you have got to turn up the heat. >> both men will be prepared. >> reporter: joe biden said he is ready. >> i am looking forward to it. >> reporter: foreskin domestic pallyish -- foreign and domestic policies will be in debate next week. >> you can watch the debate live here on ktvu channel 2 news on thursday starting at 6:00 p.m. ktvu channel 2 news news will follow. >>> former president bill clinton will attend a rally at uc davis this weekend. d
they are preparing to go head to head on the heals of -- heels of the presidential debate. >> i think paul will do a great job and i also think joe biden is gifted. >> reporter: after president obama's poor showing against mitt romney in denver, democrats are counting on joe biden to pull out a win. >> vice president joe biden will do very well. he is in touch with the american public and i am hopeful that paul ryan will tell the truth. >> reporter: he gave his opinion...
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the show poked fun at the first presidential debate and the fact that president obama was there on his anniversary, 20th year, right? >> i believe so. >> you can bet it will be spoofing thursday's vice presidential debate this coming saturday night. snl airs right after our 11:00 newscast. >> they are all over it and it is brilliant. >>> it is 5:27. coming up, we'll tell you about these rising gas prices coming up right here. we'll see you in a minute. >> reporter: what the state of california is doing to try to bring the gas prices back down to earth. that story coming up. >>> and looking for answers. a homicide in hercules has east bay police searching for suspects. the latest coming up. >>> and we've got a good-looking day shaping up. do have a very slight chance for showers. we'll show you exactly where. and tomorrow you might just need that umbrella. we'll talk all about your new week forecast. >>> and a clear drive right now for palo alto, highway 101. but there's an incident south of here and an incident north of here for that same highway. we'll bring you those details coming u
the show poked fun at the first presidential debate and the fact that president obama was there on his anniversary, 20th year, right? >> i believe so. >> you can bet it will be spoofing thursday's vice presidential debate this coming saturday night. snl airs right after our 11:00 newscast. >> they are all over it and it is brilliant. >>> it is 5:27. coming up, we'll tell you about these rising gas prices coming up right here. we'll see you in a minute. >>...
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. >>> republican presidential nominee mitt romney will deliver a major foreign policy speech today in virginia. romney is expected to say it's time for america to change course in the middle east and accused president obama of passive leadership in the world. >>> 6:34. another morning, another record at the pump. governor brown now taking some steps hopefully to ease back on the record gasoline prices we have been seeing the last couple of weeks. and cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is in the newsroom with the idea behind the governor's action. cate, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the governor is calling in this a state of emergency asking for the immediate release of a less expensive blend to help ease prices at the pump. now, according to aaa, gas prices in the bay area are at record highs. in san francisco, it's $4.73 for a gallon of regular. in san jose and oakland, you're paying dollars 4.67. governor brown asked state regulators yesterday to release the winter blend early. normally it comes out after halloween. experts say the early release could increase gas supplies 8 to
. >>> republican presidential nominee mitt romney will deliver a major foreign policy speech today in virginia. romney is expected to say it's time for america to change course in the middle east and accused president obama of passive leadership in the world. >>> 6:34. another morning, another record at the pump. governor brown now taking some steps hopefully to ease back on the record gasoline prices we have been seeing the last couple of weeks. and cbs 5 reporter cate...
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it is not money going from republicans to, from romney to president obama. it is more or less, money that was going to, or pledged to mitt romney's presidential campaign being diverted to house and senate seats. you have key republican donors, many in the new york area, that is one of the good things about covering wall street, i know a lot of the big money twice here. that money, from what i understand is starting to be diverted to hoist and senate races. that is not good news for mitt romney. could this change? i could tell you this. i talked to people inside the romney campaign. they confirmed the trend. they confirmed the trend is beginning. they believe it is reversible. one good strong debate performance, coupled with the facts polls showing president obama ahead nationally and key battleground states. one good debate performance can reverse this and bring it back to the campaign trail which is needed. if you look at overall numbers, president obama basically out raised mitt romney two to one. in terms of overall numbers. mitt romney raised a lot of nu
it is not money going from republicans to, from romney to president obama. it is more or less, money that was going to, or pledged to mitt romney's presidential campaign being diverted to house and senate seats. you have key republican donors, many in the new york area, that is one of the good things about covering wall street, i know a lot of the big money twice here. that money, from what i understand is starting to be diverted to hoist and senate races. that is not good news for mitt romney....
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let's go. >>> so what might the obama-romney presidential contest still have in store for us? jack cafferty's following that in the cafferty file. >> wolf, if it's october and presidential election year, then it's about time if a so-called october surprise. which means any late-breaking event that can suddenly change the outcome of the race, for example 12 days before the 1972 presidential election henry kissen jer made a major announcement about the vietnam war saying "we believe peace is at hand." this likely helped the incumbent richard nixon go onto win every state except massachusetts. the most famous october surprise was one that never happened. in 1980 republicans were worried then-president jimmy carter would be boosted in his re-election bid by either a rescue or release of the american hostages in iran. that didn't happen. and ronald reagan won that election in a landslide. more recently osama bin laden released a video four days before the 2004 election, remember? that reminder of the 9/11 attacks probably helped george w. bush win a second term. 2008 the financial
let's go. >>> so what might the obama-romney presidential contest still have in store for us? jack cafferty's following that in the cafferty file. >> wolf, if it's october and presidential election year, then it's about time if a so-called october surprise. which means any late-breaking event that can suddenly change the outcome of the race, for example 12 days before the 1972 presidential election henry kissen jer made a major announcement about the vietnam war saying "we...
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i'm the most excited about the vice presidential debate but i'm excited to hear president obama go head-to-head against romney. i hear romney has been working on his zingers. >> the ad libs have been very well rehearsed. >> it's going to be great. i'm excited to hear romney's cheesy jokes. it's going to be excitedding. >> that's what mitt romney is known for is a stark sense of humor. [ laughter ] >> i liked hearing him talk about football last week. >> i think it humanizes him. >> except that he seemed extremely uncomfortable. it was you know, i think the old refs should come back. [ laughter ] >> it was great hearing such a pro union argument. >> i agree. >> can we get the staff in it. >> even scott walker. >> can we get these scab nfl referees in front of a classroom so maybe the media will care about public schools maybe? the outrage over these poor unionized referees is something i've never seen before in the media. i blame the media more than the politicians. >> really? >> i do. because i didn't hear the media coming to the defense of schoolteachers in wisconsin. >> i didn't hear the pres
i'm the most excited about the vice presidential debate but i'm excited to hear president obama go head-to-head against romney. i hear romney has been working on his zingers. >> the ad libs have been very well rehearsed. >> it's going to be great. i'm excited to hear romney's cheesy jokes. it's going to be excitedding. >> that's what mitt romney is known for is a stark sense of humor. [ laughter ] >> i liked hearing him talk about football last week. >> i think it...
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it puts mitt romney in a dead heat with president obama in the race for the white house. doug schoen and john leboutillier are with us. doug used to advise president clinton. john former republican congressman from new york. doug, to you first. how does romney maintain this momentum? >> this is a challenge. it is a revival. it is not in any way a fundamental alteration in a race that's always been close. it is closer still, but he's in the in the lead -- but he's not in the lead. he needs to outline clearly where he's going to take america, what his vision is and how most importantly dagen his agenda will impact and improve the lives of ordinary americans. dagen: let's focus short run. what about the vice presidential debate? is it more about gaining wins at this point in that debate and the remaining two presidential debates or not making a mistake? >> well, i think that if i'm ryan, i'm going to try to go to biden, who i think can make a mistake. they are really preparing biden very heavily for this thing. i would try to make some news to reinforce the feeling that mayb
it puts mitt romney in a dead heat with president obama in the race for the white house. doug schoen and john leboutillier are with us. doug used to advise president clinton. john former republican congressman from new york. doug, to you first. how does romney maintain this momentum? >> this is a challenge. it is a revival. it is not in any way a fundamental alteration in a race that's always been close. it is closer still, but he's in the in the lead -- but he's not in the lead. he needs...
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but more campaigning is to be had along with the presidential debate -- debates. >>> coming up at 7:15, what analysts are saying about the possibility of a major ruling on gay marriage with the supreme court. >>> okay. sal, how are would doing out there? >> we're doing okay. we've had a couple of things even though the crashes have not been all that significant. let's take a look at the bay bridge. the traffic looks good. still covering that accident in san francisco at the fremont street exit. it is mostly affecting the traffic but not the bridge traffic. we've a couple of minor accidents. the most major 580 and traffic is backed up big time getting into livermore. if you are driving in livermore, 280, there was an earlier crash there. san mateo and come bar ton bridge -- dumbarton bridge look good. the interstate at 280, kind of off to a slow start. you can see in downtown, slow traffic getting around the corner into the west valley. >>> let's go to steve. >> all right, sal. calm, not much of a breeze. there's no howling offshore breeze. if there was, like we had in 1980, then we wou
but more campaigning is to be had along with the presidential debate -- debates. >>> coming up at 7:15, what analysts are saying about the possibility of a major ruling on gay marriage with the supreme court. >>> okay. sal, how are would doing out there? >> we're doing okay. we've had a couple of things even though the crashes have not been all that significant. let's take a look at the bay bridge. the traffic looks good. still covering that accident in san francisco at...
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we're going to see a different, a more aggressive barack obama. >> we have the vice presidential debate coming up, as well. we'll talk about that next time. thank you, paul. we appreciate it. >>> other news, now, today. new clues in the search for a missing girl in colorado. police say they found 10-year-old jessica ridgeway's backpack and water bottle six miles from her home. investigators searched for jessica. she disappeared friday morning after leaving home to meet friends. >>> nascar burned into bumper cars. look at the last lap of sunday's race. a massive wreck involving 25 cars. veteran drivers say they have never seen anything like this. tony stewart is taking the blame for triggering that incredible crash. every one walked away without injury. when the exhaust fumes all cleared, matt kenseth won the race. >> this is why people watch nascar. >>> a record 48-straight games with a touchdown pass for saints quarterback drew brees. he threw four of them, as the saints won their first game of the season. brees broke the record held by hall of famer johnny unitas. >> johnny unitas, on
we're going to see a different, a more aggressive barack obama. >> we have the vice presidential debate coming up, as well. we'll talk about that next time. thank you, paul. we appreciate it. >>> other news, now, today. new clues in the search for a missing girl in colorado. police say they found 10-year-old jessica ridgeway's backpack and water bottle six miles from her home. investigators searched for jessica. she disappeared friday morning after leaving home to meet friends....
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the way i recall it, brooke, in the last presidential campaign, debates were not president obama's strengths. in fact, he's a much better speechmaker than he is a debater. and don't forget, he hasn't debated an awful lot lately. when the president of the united states and you're in the oval office, people tend not to debate with you an awful lot. you live in the presidential bubble. he hasn't been on stage with other people challenging him. so in a way, he sort of has got to get used to this routine over and over again, where as mitt romney has been on a debate stage an awful lot of times. >> if i recall, you were in a lot of those debates, he's tough, he's no wallflower that mitt romney. what is his biggest challenge, though? going into wednesday? >> the biggest challenge, i think mitt romney has got to do a couple of things. they're at odds with each other. first thing goehe's got to do i take on president obama directly when it comes to policy. what he has to tell the voters is i've got a better plan for an economic recovery than the president. he has to challenge him directly. but, brook
the way i recall it, brooke, in the last presidential campaign, debates were not president obama's strengths. in fact, he's a much better speechmaker than he is a debater. and don't forget, he hasn't debated an awful lot lately. when the president of the united states and you're in the oval office, people tend not to debate with you an awful lot. you live in the presidential bubble. he hasn't been on stage with other people challenging him. so in a way, he sort of has got to get used to this...
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obama's favorite banker. and later health care, a major issue for americans in the presidential candidates, the coo of mt. sinai, ken david, is going to join us. a crash management system and the world's only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. which can withstand over three and a half tons. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 at schwab, we're committed to offering you tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 low-cost investment options-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like our exchange traded funds, or etfs tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 which now have the lowest tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 operating expenses tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 in their respective tdd#: 1-800-34
obama's favorite banker. and later health care, a major issue for americans in the presidential candidates, the coo of mt. sinai, ken david, is going to join us. a crash management system and the world's only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. which can withstand over three and a half tons. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent...
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it turns out that the obama campaign apparently has a couple loopholes in its on-line sites that it's allowing that to happen. >> steve: yeah. this is a brand-new report out, a blockbuster this morning from the government accountability institute. what they found among other things, is that with barak obama's main web site, apparently 43% of the traffic to the main web site is from foreign sources. what's troubling about this, and the reason for this, is they simple -- also a loft congressional offices don't have the simple security, the same kind of security you would have at a restaurant or amazon.com. mitt romney's sites apparently did have it. but the president's sites do not. >> pete: what's disturbing and i think it requires a lot of closer scrutiny is that it's directed to the giving page. not to the informational pages of the obama web site. it's directed from the foreign folks, go right to the giving pages. so now we have this under federal law that under $200, you don't have to disclose what those contributions are. we know that there have been millions of contributions to t
it turns out that the obama campaign apparently has a couple loopholes in its on-line sites that it's allowing that to happen. >> steve: yeah. this is a brand-new report out, a blockbuster this morning from the government accountability institute. what they found among other things, is that with barak obama's main web site, apparently 43% of the traffic to the main web site is from foreign sources. what's troubling about this, and the reason for this, is they simple -- also a loft...
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. >>> now to politics and the presidential race. president obama raising campaign cash in california while mitt romney is set to deliver a major speech today. nbc's peter alexander is in lexington, virginia with the romney camp. peter, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning to you. just about an hour from now, mitt romney will try to draw a sharp rhetorical contrast with president obama on foreign policy issues, specifically those in the middle east. among other things according to experts, he will say hope is not a strategy. meanwhile, the president wrapping up a fund-raiser last night in los angeles area, told his supporters this election cycle everything is on the line. >> hello l.a.! >> reporter: enlisting a cast of celebrities, including stevie wonder, president obama picked up a little cash in california sunday night, made a self dep ri indicating illusion to last week's performance in the debates. >> everybody here incredible professionals, great friends, and they just perform flawlessly, night after night. i can't a
. >>> now to politics and the presidential race. president obama raising campaign cash in california while mitt romney is set to deliver a major speech today. nbc's peter alexander is in lexington, virginia with the romney camp. peter, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning to you. just about an hour from now, mitt romney will try to draw a sharp rhetorical contrast with president obama on foreign policy issues, specifically those in the middle east. among other things...